Book 04 · The Ordinary Miracle
An Nas
الناس
Poems inspired by SNX's songs, retold by AIA Labs.
From the song
An Nas الناس by SNX
A Moroccan Darija song about gossip. People talk, and we carry on as we are. Let it pass, we will settle it at the end. The matter is clear to us, and we have been patient for a long time. Why can't she see him, why doesn't she look at him? The refrain keeps going back to the people and what they say, and the chant at the close is a rally cry of come on.
Deeper meaning
The people are the pressure on a relationship from outside. The song says it will not be moved by them, and it asks the beloved to take the same view. The patience in it is a patience with her, and it is slightly reproachful.